Yekaterina Feodorovna (Matilda of the United Kingdom)

Yekaterina Feodorovna (24 November 1710 – 24 November 1739) was Empress of Winia as the spouse of Nicole III—one of the last rulers of the Aushizia Dynasty—from their marriage on 26 November 1722 until her death in 24 November 1739. She was also Duchess of Fina, having inherited both the Dukedom and title from her father upon his death in 26 November 1719. Originally Matilda Victoria Alice Spencer, Duchess of Fina by birth, she was given the name and patronymic Yekaterina Feodorovna when she converted and was received into the Winian Orthodox Church. She and her immediate family were all killed while in Avalonian captivity in 1739, during the Avalonian War of Independence. She was later canonized in 1756 in the Winian Orthodox Church as Saint Yekaterina the Martyr as she refused to renounce her religion alongside her family when threatened by the Queen of Avalon. She was also canonized a second time in 1792 with the second name Saint Yekaterina the Messenger of God. Her death along with that of her entire family (including her husband) was stated to be a crime, as the murdered Empress was never involved in politics, didn`t command a regiment of the military, and acted simply as a figurehead for the state. The only one of her daughters to escape, Grand Duchess Rosaline, was immediately sworn in as Empress Rosaline of Winia upon her return to her homeland.

Early lif
Yekaterina was born on 24 November 1710 at the New London Manor in London as Lady Matilda Victoria Alice Spencer. She was the first child and first daughter among the five children of William Spencer IIII, Duke of Fina, and his wife, Alix Spencer, Duchess of Fina, the eldest daughter of Lady Mary Spencer Hull and Lord William Phips.